Serbia: Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process
The Council of Europe is implementing the project “Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process in Serbia” funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Budget: EUR 212,778.00.
- Facilitating creation of the drivers of change among the Serbian judiciary and engaging them as critical stakeholders for promoting judicial independence, impartiality and integrity.
- Enabling judges and prosecutors, the Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils to further the reform process by well-informed and evidence based policy-making.
- Supporting translation of the international and Council of Europe standards best practices of member states into national policies and operational measures.
- Assisting in establishing a constructive dialogue among the judiciary, legislative and executive, as well as non-state organisations and professional organisations in preparation for the post-Constitutional reform process and changes foreseen.
By Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Council of Europe office in Belgrade
Council of Europe standards could provide vital contribution for constitutional reform in Serbia
At the special session of the National Assembly of Serbia held on 7 June, Members of the Parliament approved the government’s proposal to amend constitutional provisions on the judiciary, submitted in December 2020. The parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs is now expected to follow...
Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process in Serbia
European standards for prosecutors in emergency situations available in Serbian
In line with its commitment to knowledge-based policy making, the Council of Europe partnered with the Belgrade-based Institute of Comparative Law to provide the Serbian translation of Opinion Number 15 of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors, which concerns the role of prosecutors...
Serbia: Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process
Presentation of Serbian Translations of the Council of Europe’s Standard-Setting Documents in the Field of the Rule of Law
More than 50 members of the judicial profession, including Serbian Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Cassation justices, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, legal scholars, civil society activists and journalists had an opportunity to listen to speakers from the Serbian academia who delivered...
Serbia: Strengthening the judiciary reform process
70 years of the European Convention on Human Rights: exhibition opened in Belgrade running until mid-December
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the crucial document on the European continent protecting democracy, rule of law and human rights of more than 830 million people in Europe, celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. On this occasion, the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade opened...
Serbia: Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process
Publications Available in Serbian of the Council of Europe’s Standard-Setting Documents in the Field of the Rule of Law
In order to further instigate knowledge-based policy making, the Council of Europe partnered with the Belgrade-based Institute of Comparative Law to make available, in Serbian, four publications containing standard-setting documents in the area of the rule of law, to members of the judiciary and...
Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process in Serbia
Online Discussion on Serbian Translations of the Council of Europe’s Standard-Setting Documents in the Field of the Rule of Law
More than 30 members of judicial profession, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, legal scholars, civil society activists and journalists have taken part in the online discussion titled Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?. The discussion elaborated on the four new publications containing...
Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process in Serbia
Freedom of Association of Judges Essential for Safeguarding Judicial Independence
The Council of Europe Office in Belgrade and the Judges’ Association of Serbia jointly organised the Conference on the Freedom of Association of Judges, which was held today in Belgrade. The conference was attended by judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and representatives of civil society. The...
Serbia: Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process
Conference: Judiciary in the Times of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Council of Europe provided expertise on the organisation’s key activities aimed at strengthening the rule of law in its member-states throughout the sanitary crisis at the conference “Judiciary in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic”, organised by the Judges’ Association of Serbia. The...
